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Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal

Posted by samzenpus on from the ninja-lawyers dept.

Hodejo1 writes "Yesterday was a big day for the Pirate Bay when half of the charges against them were dropped leaving only the lesser charges of assisting making copyrighted material available in place. TorrentFreak is following the English twitter feed of the trial in the wee hours of the night, documenting more missteps by the prosecution. 'The Pirate Bay trial is moving forward rapidly and again the day in court has ended early. On the third day the prosecution presented the amended charges. The defendants all called for acquittal while Carl Lundström's lawyer scored points with the already legendary "King Kong" defense.'"

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  1. First Post by boogerme0 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post.... Every user should get at least one!

    1. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Congrats, you got it! Now prepare for the karma burn.

    2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      king kong is now a meme

  2. Re:if you think it's over... by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    profiting from another persons crime? the sites primary income is copyrighted content, and don't pretend otherwise. they know full well without that pirated content they wouldn't have a business, hence they aren't innocent.

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  3. Re:I hate to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There hasn't been a coherent argument made about copyright on Slashdot ever. It boils down to greed on both sides, and people screaming why their greed is more important to satisfy. It's like a cosmic joke, only it's too stupid to be cosmic.

    Mod parent up. He has a good point, but fairly disagreeable.

  4. if you think the 1st amendment is over... by Ostracus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "If that theory flies in court, I hope someone will similarly prosecute the countless news agencies that benefit on a daily basis from the assorted illegal acts on which they report."

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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    1. Re:if you think the 1st amendment is over... by lordSaurontheGreat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What makes you think that the constitution applies in the US? Congress and Obama seem to be doing an admirable job of skirting around nearly every rule. We're still far away from blatant infractions of the constitution, but the slippery slope has already seen us slide down a significant section.

      And yes, I concede that much of that falling from grace (the grace of the Rule of Law, as opposed to Ruling Over Law) did take place during the Bush administration. I see nothing, however, in the Obama administration to indicate that my hope for the future will be rewarded. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, eh?

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    2. Re:if you think the 1st amendment is over... by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This is the USA and the US constitution does not apply. :/

      I wrote an article about this back in 2005. It details exactly how each amendment in the the US Bill of Rights has been rendered meaningless.

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    3. Re:if you think the 1st amendment is over... by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I know quite a few people who roll their own tobacco cigarettes. Hand rolled cigarettes are now called "rollups".

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  5. Re:King Kong Defence? by nog_lorp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And yet Boxxy doesn't get an article because of WP:NN :'(

  6. Re:if you think it's over... by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Not that I'm a fan of guns, but at least they have very common legal uses like protection (against more guns, of course)."

    Well, protection from just about anything really. I mean, if someone breaks in my house when I'm there, I'll be putting in the 3rd high capacity clip into my pistol before I even think about looking to see what they may or may not have in their hand.

    I always feel sorry for that poor sucker that brings a knife to a gun fight.

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  7. Re:if you think it's over... by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Funny...I actually originally had magazine in my post, and changed it to clip just before posting.

    PotatO - PotAto....

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